Brooklyn Beer brewmaster Garrett Oliver’s visit to Whole Foods yesterday afternoon was first and foremost a cooking demonstration with beer pairing suggestions. But as Oliver described how the flavors of each brew complemented each course, he kept returning to a central thesis: When it comes to food pairings, beer is…
If you are a racist, Louis Gossett Jr. is going to kick your ass. He doesn’t say as much, but the founder of The Eracism Foundation doesn’t need to. He was Chappy in Iron Eagle and the drill sergeant of nightmares in An Officer and a Gentleman, two characters famous…
You’ve seen “Blind Love,” right? It’s the purple and black mural of a woman peeking out from under a blindfold–with brunette hair that looks like octopus tentacles and a skull-headed bird perched on her shoulder–at the corner of Main and Good Latimer. If you’d like to see more of John…
In her only North Texas stop on her current tour, “Society’s Child” and “At Seventeen” singer-songwriter Janis Ian will perform next Thursday, October 22, at the Rose Room in Station 4.The show is $25 per person and serves as a fund-raiser for the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce. But…
Willie’s Place101 Cornelius Rd. NorthCarl’s CornerDude Factor: 8, or Grandpa Simpson, on a scale of 1 (Grandfather clauses) to 10 (Royal Tenenbaum)Our trip to Willie’s Place was more than just dinner for my Grandpa Neudecker. It was nothing less than a pilgrimage. Since health and vision problems have kept him…
Author, beer judge and Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver will be in town Wednesday for a couple of Brooklyn Beer-related events. One is free, while the other costs $58 per person plus tax and tip. Guess which one we’ll be attending. First, Oliver will offer samples with food pairings and…
City folk might describe their economic plight in terms of shuttered restaurants, dwindling sales numbers and shrinking retirement funds. But while he has lived in Dallas, Austin and even New York City, Texas songwriter Owen Temple documents the pawned guitars, crumbling factories and rusted towns of the “Broken Heart Land”…
The DIY space Phoenix Project has a busy weekend, with Saturday’s lineup of Big Fiction, Muhammadali, Leg Sweeper and The Sleepies followed by Sunday’s show with Dysrhythmia, Four Days To Burn, Waste Burai and Baring Teeth. But the capper is an early Halloween treat Sunday afternoon: a Zombie Walk from…
Regular Parade of Flesh designer Von Dada created this week’s featured poster, which promotes Saturday’s lineup of A Place To Bury Strangers, Darker My Love and All The Saints at The Lounge On Elm Street. I don’t know exactly what’s going on here. Is she the survivor of some kind…
The day I have been waiting for since I bought my starter kit back in August finally arrived yesterday, as Lady Hophead and I popped open our first couple of “H.M.N.I.” home-brewed beers. (The initials, incidentally, stand for “Hi My Name Is,” for the name-tag stickers we’ll probably use to…
We’ve got quite a backlog of CDs we’ve never gotten around to, so we’re going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Backstreet Boys…
Dallas alt-pop band The Crash That Took Me doesn’t have much in common with Memphis country-rocking act Lucero, but both have albums that will get the full listening-party treatment at Deep Ellum dive bars tonight.Adair’s Saloon will play Lucero’s 1372 Overton Park, which was released today, at 8 p.m. tonight…
Jack In The Box has reintroduced the Bonus Jack burger, which is a sandwich made of two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese and pickles on a triple-decker bun. For some reason, that ingredient listing is prompting a serious case of deja vu. Where in the world did they get…
The ACL festival may be going on right now down in Austin town, but North Texas music lovers aren’t going to let some silly little no-compete clause ruin the weekend.First, let’s review the shows we’ve already mentioned. Tonight, Telegraph Canyon releases The Tide and the Current at Lola’s in Fort…
This week’s featured poster is for Saturday’s Handsome Kitten show with Intelligence, PVC Street Gang, Fungi Girls and Video. It’s a Parade of Flesh show, yes, but this isn’t as grim or frightening as the usual Von Dada and Heimer Brothers pieces. For some reason, I like how the light…
As it is now officially Rocktober, Oktoberfest beers are replacing summer brews on store aisles, bar coolers and tap walls. Apparently, though, not all brewers have the traditional Oktoberfest German Marzen-style amber lager in mind for this month. New Belgium, best known for Fat Tire, has introduced a new golden…
It’s probably counterintuitive to an adult, especially a non-parent, but if you’re having trouble marketing something to kids, try making it gross. Of course, this approach works with toys. The mere mention of Garbage Pail Kids triggers instant nostalgia for ’80s babies, and kids today love Horror Balls, which are…
If only Dustin Diamond had chosen the path taken by Jaleel White. Both ’90s child stars were hopelessly typecast as endearing nerds thanks to the success of their respective sitcoms, Saved by the Bell and Family Matters. But while White declared that he’d rather take a bullet than play Urkel…
Each week the Dude Food guys assess the ‘masculinity’ of Dallas area dives. The more fried meat and junk on the walls, the better the rating…The Grill At Reno’s212 N. Crowdus St.214-295-5869Dude Factor: 10, or Dr. Emmett Brown, on a scale of 1 (George McFly) to 10I’m not a cocktail…
In an interesting Critic’s Pick this week, Cory Graves points out some of the similarities between the recent circumstances of The Secret Machines and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, who co-headline what should be a great show–especially considering that Ume will be the opening act–at…
Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen is known for its comfort food items like pot roast, meatloaf and biscuits and gravy. The menu also gives a nod to the locavore trend. Well, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the restaurant will be the site of a dinner built around the ultimate comfort food–beer–from a…
John Iskander of Parade of Flesh sent word that his next couple shows at the Lounge On Elm Street (Birds of Avalon on Saturday and Burst on Monday) will be BYOB. Fortunately, the situation is only temporary, according to Lounge co-owner Glenn Jackson. “Our liquor license expired [in August],” he…
